Adapting to the New World
[Pandemic - XV]
- What will you do when the vaccine is available?
- Where will you go when travel resumes as before?
- What will you do when the quarantine is lifted?
- What will you do when gyms open up again?
- What restaurant will you eat at first when it’s allowed?
Those questions are different than these questions:
- What habits will you change to strengthen your immune system?
- What activities will be a priority now that you’ve been without them for a year?
- What food will you learn to cook so you’re not missing it in the future?
- How will you diversify your exercise routine so you don’t need a gym?
One list is not hopeful and the other fearful.
One list is not optimistic and the other pessimistic.
However, the former questions insist that we’re returning to the familiar; the latter take seriously the need to adapt to the new world that has arrived.
People like us prioritize the latter.
What questions are your asking, and what do they tell you about your understanding of the world?